"Please be gentle & pause before asking me (or any woman) when we'll be having more children," she urged. "After all that my body has gone through, I feel tremendously grateful that we have our ...

This is the second post in a series on Gentle Parenting. The term "Gentle Parenting" was coined by Sarah Ockwell-Smith, a British writer who has authored a variety of books on the subject.

One of my first memories is running to the school bus. At a young age, I understood that school was safe and home was not. Things had gotten scary again at home, and I was running toward safety.